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There are hundreds of Chinese companies employing tens of thousands of workers in Michigan, partially a result of aggressive efforts by Republican leaders over the past decade to bring them here. GOP …

In June, Minnesota recorded the lowest state unemployment rate ever — an astonishingly low 1.8%. In July, Minnesota’s unemployment rate remained 1.8%, again the best in the nation since unemployment rates were tracked beginning in 1976.

Taxpayers would backstop favored firms’ losses

Bridge swept online general news and investigative categories on its way to winning 19 awards last week at an annual awards ceremony of the Detroit chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists. Weeks after being named “Newspaper of the Year” in its division for the second consecutive year by the Michigan Press Association, Bridge took three first-place awards from the SPJ, three second-place, three third-place and eight honorable mention awards. Bridge also shared a first place and s...